your dose of happiness

  • Be careful what you wish for… eventually, it will come true!

    Amanda once wished to be thin, to be like “them” — perfect, unbroken, untouchable. But wishes don’t tell you about the cost. They don’t tell you about the nights of pain, the silence that swallows you whole, or the monsters that whisper in your head. This is not a story about beauty. This is a…

    Stefanie Anna

  • “The Messy Art of Upgrading Yourself”

    What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? The habit that’s seriously improving my life? Getting rid of bad habits. Not just the “oops, I ate one more cookie” kind – though those count too – but the sneaky little patterns that steal your time, your energy, your headspace. I’m running…

    Stefanie Anna

  • “The Day Influenza A Turned Us All Into Zombies”

    A Caravan, Six People, and a Porridge Incident There’s a special kind of hell that arrives in winter. It’s called Influenza A. It doesn’t just make you sick — it invades your home and turns your family into zombies. And I don’t mean the fun, slow ones in movies. I mean the kind who stare…

    Stefanie Anna

  • The Emergency Preparedness Plan for Your Soul in a Mad World

    Create an emergency preparedness plan. Step 1: Stockpile Your Inner Resources ○ Self-love: Enough to carry you through someone else’s meltdown without melting yourself.○ Boundaries: Like toilet paper—never run out, always keep extras.○ Laughter: Mandatory, even if it’s bitter and sarcastic at first. Step 2: Build Your Inner Team ○ The part of you that…

    Stefanie Anna